The Vibe Hamilton - Jan 16-22
Discover the unexpected – the comprehensive, clickable events list.
🔨 Things to do in Hamilton - Jan 16th - 22nd
Hello Neighbours!
The variety of things to do in Hamilton never fails to amaze me, this week is no exception.
The iconic Around the Bay Race is coming up at the end of March and even if you are not training for it, the screening of The Human Race Around the Bay documentary at De La Sol Yoga on Friday will get you in the mood. There are still 10k and 5k spots for the race.
Speaking of running, get your little ones vibeing around The Farmers Market on Saturday morning with the Hamilton Children’s Museum’s Scavenger Hunt.
With another cold spell on its way, maybe the Hot Sauce Expo will help provide some heat, or you can watch others get hot under the collar at the Lord of the Ring wrestling event.
And then wrap up the weekend with some delicious baked Bao Bao from Tyger Tyger at the Grain & Grit brewery.
The Ice Climbing intrigued many of you last week and it looks like more winter experiences continue with the colder weather. But if your body is not quite up to this you can always Build a More Resilient One at a complimentary event in Westdale this week.
Plan ahead with our curated picks of must-attend events happening in Hamilton with On Our Radar. We have removed several listings from last week because they are now sold out, so it pays to book early if an event catches your eye!
Perhaps you are wishing for spring? Check out the annual Seedy Saturday. Treat yourself after Dry January with the I Love Beer & Tacos Festival or reward yourself with some new outfits from Hamilton Fashion Week.
The final two weeks of The Casbah are here, and this week sees the last events in the Lounge with a few more in the Main Hall next week. There is also an appreciation night Celebrating Casbah owner Brodie on Tuesday 21st.
Take a scroll through this week’s issue and have a great week Vibeing.
~ Paul - ❤️

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Discover an exciting lineup of events and activities in Hamilton, from festivals and markets to hidden gems perfect for exploring any time of year.
Thursday January 16th
🦵 Tai Chi Open House - Barton Stone Mount Hope United Church - 10 am
🚸 Little Wigglers: Hamilton Children’s Museum - Hamilton Farmers Market - 10 am
🧑🌾 Farmers Market - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 12 noon
🎤 Breaking Through the Vault: Poetry Slam - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 6 pm
🎨 Paint Nite - The Works, Upper James - 6.30 pm - $44
🔢 Drag Bingo & Talent Performance - Pub 36 - 7 pm - $5
❓️ Trivia Night - Grain & Grit - 7 pm
🔢 Drag Bingo w/Noella - The Farside - 7 pm
💑 Datenight Painting for Couples - Cotton Factory - 7 pm - $145
🎹 Jeans ‘N’ Classics: The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John - Theatre Aquarius - 7.30 pm - $69
❓️ Trivia Night - Thirsty Cactus - 8 pm
💃 Cardio Pop Dance - The Move Room - 8.15 pm - $21
Friday January 17th
🥪 Grilled Gold - Food Truck - Grain & Grit - 12 noon
🔮 Psychic and Crystal Fair - Hamilton Air Force Assoc. - 2 pm - $10
🍃 Cinq a Sept - Unwind Friday - Better Than Bouquets - 5 pm - $12.50
🎬️ The Human Race Around the Bay - De La Sol Yoga - 6 pm - $20
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Rings & Dragons - The Westdale - 6.30 pm
🍾 New Year Levee - City Hall - 7 pm
🎤 Storytellers: Theme - Performance - Centre for Talking Arts - 8 pm - $10
🤣 Pat Thornton - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
🎤 Karaoke - The George Hamilton - 8 pm
💃 Salsa Balchata - The Ballroom - 8.30 pm - From $5
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Tribute to Queen - The Westdale - 8.45 pm
Saturday January 18th
🪩 Dance with the Divas - Jam Dance Fitness - Better Than Bouquets - 9 am - $10
🚂 Steam Saturday Workshop: Interesting Inventions - Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology - 9.30 am
🔍️ Scavenger Hunt: Hamilton Children’s Museum - Hamilton Farmers Market - 10 am
🌧️ Rain Ready Hamilton: Green Venture - Hamilton Farmers Market - 10 am
⛄️ Winter Market - Terra, Elfrida - 10 am
🥞 Breakfast with Elsa - The Powerhouse - 10 am
🧊 Winter Market - Terra, Waterdown - 10 am
🎬️ Optimizing Women’s Health - The M Factor Film & Panel Discussion - McMaster Children’s Hospital - 10 am - $5
❄️ Winter Market - Connon Nurseries, Waterdown - 10 am
🔮 Psychic and Crystal Fair - Hamilton Air Force Assoc. - 11 am - $10
🧘 Yoga with Ona - The Staircase - 11 am
🔥 Hot Sauce Expo - 3rd Floor, Right Building - 12 noon - $5
🌿 Essential Oil Aroma Workshop - Art Aggregate - 1 pm - $65
🎻 Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra: Beethoven’s Seventh - FirstOntario Concert Hall - 2 pm - From $23.50
🛳️ Cruise Themed Open House - Grandview Retirement, Stoney Creek - 2 pm
🍾 New Year Levee - Dundas Town Hall - 2 pm
🤼♂️ Lord of the Ring - Hamilton Convention Centre - 5 pm - $10
🎭️ Sourpatch Grown Ups: Improv Soup for the Cynical Soul - The Staircase - 7 pm - $15
💃 Salsa Si - Main Stage - 7.30 pm
🤣 Pat Thornton - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
Sunday January 19th
🎎 Dollhouse Workshop: Paint & Wallpaper - Rustic Designs - 10 am - $30
🧘♀️ Gentle Yoga w/Rianna - Terra ,Waterdown - 10.30 am - $20
🔮 Psychic and Crystal Fair - Hamilton Air Force Assoc. - 11 am - $10
💃 Step & Stretch - Beginner Salsa - Zee Studio - 11.30 am - $20
🧺 Tyger Tyger Baked Bao - Grain & Grit - 12 noon
👨👩👧👦 Family Fun Day - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 1 pm
🧵 Stitch Club - 486 Barton - 1.30 pm - By donation
♦️ Euchre Club - Ye Old Square, Locke St - 2 pm - $5
♠️ Euchre Club - Collective Arts - 2 pm - 2 drink minimum
🎨 Paint Nite - Pub Fiction - 4 pm - $49
😉 End the Swiping: Speed Dating - Ages 39-55 - Hamilton Prop House - 4 pm - $45
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Bach to the Beatles - The Westdale - 6.30 pm
🖌️ Paint Nite - Pub 36 on Hess - 7 pm
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Tribute to ABBA - The Westdale - 8.45 pm
Monday January 20th
🏳️🌈 Monday Mingle - Vertagogo - 6 pm
🎨 Paint Nite - Boston Pizza, Main St W - 6.30 pm - $39
🎭️ Basics of Improv - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
🦇 Batman Trivia Night - Pub 36 on Hess - 7 pm
🦅 Bird Study Group: Convergent Flyways, Divergent Perspectives - Hamilton Naturalists - First Unitarian Church - 7.30 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Pheasant Plucker - 7.59 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
📖 Monday Press - Farside - 9 pm
Tuesday January 21st
🎨 Artful Moment: Seniors Care - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 10 am
🖌️ Artful Moments: Memory Care - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 1 pm
📰 Collage Night - Collective Arts - 6 pm
🧙 The Art of Tarot Reading - Liz Worth Tarot School - 7 pm - $35
📕 Altered Book Making - Art Therapy - Circle Studios - 7 pm - $50
✍️ Writers Block Workshop (6 weeks) - Cotton Factory - 7 pm - $200
🎨 Paint Nite - Kelseys, Upper James - 7 pm - $39
❓️ Trivia Night - The Powerhouse - 7.29 pm
👸 Disney 90’s Trivia Night - Boston Pizza, Waterdown - 7.30 pm
💕 Speed Dating - Ages 30-42 - Peruviano - 7.30 pm - $45
❓️ Trivia Night - Southcote 53 - 7.29 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Jack Astors, Centennial - 7.30 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Jack Astors, Ancaster - 7.30 pm
Wednesday January 22nd
🍗 The Art of Poultry Butchery - J Waldron Butchers - 5.30 pm - $175
📼 VHS Swap - Farside - 6 pm
🎨 Paint Nite - Turtle Jacks, Upper Centennial - 6.30 pm - $44
🎭️ Scenes & Notes - Improv Drop In - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
❓️ Trivia Night - Boiler & Whistle - 7 pm
🎵 Music Bingo - Collective Arts - 7 pm
🤣 Hilarity on Hess - Open Mic Comedy - Pub 36 on Hess - 7 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Cat & Fiddle - 7 pm
🧘 Bliss - Relaxation and Connection - Energy Awaken - 7 pm - $20
❓️ Trivia Night - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm
💪 Building a More Resilient Body Over 40 - Westdale Studio - 7 pm - Free
❓️ Trivia Night - The Argyle - 7.30 pm
🤣 Amateur Night - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $5
❓️ Trivia Night - Pub Fiction - 8 pm
🎤 Karaoke - The George Hamilton - 8 pm

Stay active in Hamilton with scenic trails, fitness classes, sports leagues, and outdoor adventures for all ages and abilities.
💪 Building a More Resilient Body Over 40 - Westdale Studio - Jan 22nd - 7 pm - Free
⛏️ Ice Climbing - Tiffany Falls - Hamilton Conservation Authority
⛸️ Outdoor Ice Skating - Various City Locations - Daily
⛳️ Winter Golf - Chedoke’s Martin Golf Course - Daily - $25
🪩 Disc Golf - King’s Forest Golf Course - Daily - From $7
❄️ Snowshoe Trails - Christie Lake, Dundas Valley, King’s Forest Golf Course - Daily
🏒 Outdoor Skate - RBG, Princess Point - Daily - $ Car Parking

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Plan ahead with our curated picks of must-attend events happening in Hamilton over the next few weeks.
🎸 For Dyl Fundraiser w/Mister Rabbit, Christian Turner, Amin, B. Finlay - Collective Arts - Jan 23rd - 7 pm - $20
📖 In Conversation with David A. Robertson - Playhouse Cinema - Jan 23rd - 7 pm - From $10
🎭️ Much Ado About Nothing - Dundas Little Theatre - Jan 24th - Feb 9th
🥔 Robbie Burns Night - The Scottish Rite - Jan 24th - 6 pm - $70
🧗 Hamilton Adventure Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Jan 25th - 10 am
🤣 First Wives Comedy Club - Shawn & Ed Brewing - Jan 25th - 8 pm - $30
☕️ Just Java - Bridgeworks - Jan 26th - 10 am - From $20
👰 Wedding Expo - Michaelangelos Banquet Hall - Jan 26th - 11 am
🚌 The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - Jan 31st - 10 am - $12
🍃 Seedy Saturday - Seed Exchange - Central Library - Feb 1st - 10 am
❄️ Winterfest - Various Activities and Locations - Feb 1st - 17th
❤️ Alice in Bloomland - RBG - Feb 1st to Mar 30th
⚽️ Concacaf Champions Cup - Forge FC v CF Monterrey - Feb 5th
🔥 Smokin’ Hot Sauce Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Feb 7th, 6-9 pm, Feb 8th, 11 am - 4 pm - $10
🎤 An Intimate Evening with Ian Thomas: Fundraiser for Carnegie Gallery - Ancaster Memorial Hall - Feb 7th - 6.30 pm - $100
🤣 Comedy Caravan Tour - First Ontario Centre - Feb 7th - 8 pm - $30
🍻 I Love Beer - Hamilton Convention Centre - Feb 7th & 8th - $15
📖 Galentines Day Romance Reader Event - Playhouse Cinema - Feb 13th - $30
🎭️ HadesTown Teen Edition - The Gasworks - Feb 13th - 15th
🎤 90th Anniversary Gala Fundraiser - The Westdale - Feb 14th - $90
🎭️ The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Hamilton Theatre - Feb 14th - Mar 9th
👗 Hamilton Fashion Week - Stelco Tower - Feb 15th - From $25
🤼♀️ Love Hurts - A Wrestling Love Letter - Fairweather Brewing - Feb 15th - $20
🏅 Rev. John C Holland Awards - Liuna Station - Feb 22nd - 5 pm - $100
🤼 Crazy Eight Invitational Deathmatch Tournament - Germania Club - Mar 1st - $25
🏅 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards - Hamilton Convention Centre - March 5th - 6 pm - $150
🤼♂️ March Breakdown - Shawn & Ed Brewing - Mar 14th - $25

Hamilton’s vibrant music scene offers everything from intimate acoustic sets to electrifying concerts at iconic venues across the city.
Thursday January 16th
Music to Our Beers - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 6.30 pm
Open Mic - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Sugar Pills play The Smiths w/Just Amsterdam, Leo Dragtoe - Andthenyou - 9 pm - $10
Friday January 17th
Shake It Up - Live Radio Podcast - w/Chelsea Reynolds, Lily Sazz - Cat & Fiddle - 12 noon
Joe Sardo - Pub 36 on Hess - 6 pm
Piano Bar - Collective Arts - 7 pm
Easy Street Blues Band - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm - $10
The Commoners w/HOTFIX, Miles From Nowhere - The Casbah Main Hall - 8 pm
Ska Face w/The Classy Wrecks, Riddim Riders - The Corktown - 8 pm
The Checkerboards, The Evelyn’s, QEW (Operation Ivy / Rancid Tribute - Vertagogo - 8 pm - $15
Sober Speakeasy: Pop Quartet - Collective Arts - 8 pm - No cover
Wayfinders - Prime Time Sports Bar - 8.30 pm
Matt Burdett - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Steve Sinnicks - The Capitol - 9 pm
Scurvy Dogz - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm
Jack Sith - B-Side Social - 10 pm
Khaos - Mansion - 10.30 pm
Saturday January 18th
The Coachmen - Coach & Lantern - 1 pm - $7.50
Will Gillespies Farewell Show w/Snazzy Jazzy Rock & Roll Band - The Casbah Lounge - 5 pm
Four For The Vine - A Tribute to Genesis - The Corktown - 8 pm
Live Music Night - The Irish Club - 7.30 pm
Whiskey Chasers - Stonewalls - 7.30 pm - $5
USA Out of Vietnam, Biblical wsg Noviae, The Dreamland Bad, Lucid Height - Vertagogo - 8 pm - $15
Tommy Gilham - Thirsty Cactus - 8.30 pm
Orangemen - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm - $10
Ken Emberson Band - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Rewind - EndZone Bar & Grill - 9.30 pm
Derek Lathrop - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm
Fools Paradise - B-Side Social - 10 pm
YBN Nahmir - Zen Lounge - 10 pm
Sunday January 19th
Y3k Dyke Takeover - Vertagogo - 4 pm Market, 8 pm Open Runway / Drag - $10
Innisfree - The Cat & Fiddle - 5.30 pm
Greyhound Record Release w/Old Highway - The Casbah Main Hall - 7.30 pm
Monday January 20th
Tuesday January 21st
Wednesday January 22nd
Killin’ Time’s Final Tribute to Tom Wait - The Casbah Main Hall - 7 pm
Sounds Gay - The Casbah - 7 pm
SPINS, w/No Beauty, Chelsea Reynolds - The Casbah - Main Hall - 7 pm
Adam O - Thirsty Cactus - 7.30 pm

Immerse yourself in Hamilton’s creative side with captivating art exhibitions, unique installations, and cultural showcases at local galleries and venues.
Ascending Horizons - McMaster Museum of Art - Artists: KC Adams, Carrie Allison, Judy Anderson, Hannah Claus, Elizabeth Doxtater, Charlene Vickers, Marie Watt - to June 20th
Heart of the Forest - Dundas Valley School of Art - to Jan 19th
React, Respond - f/Cobie Cruz and Priti Girbla - Earls Court to Feb 8th
The Fairest Order in the World: Sameer Farooq - McMaster Museum of Art - to Feb 28th, 2025
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
Making Freedom Fly - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Wed-Sun - From $11

Enjoy an unforgettable night of theatre or dance as Hamilton’s performing arts scene brings incredible talent to the stage.
The Nine Lives of Ross Fordham - Theatre Aquarius - Jan 10th - 19th
Kiss Me Kate - Theatre Ancaster - Jan 17th - 19th
The Catering Queen - Players Guild - Jan 17th - Feb 1st
Upcoming Performances
Much Ado About Nothing - Dundas Little Theatre - Jan 24th - Feb 9th
Rapunzel - Binbrook Little Theatre - Jan 31st - Feb 16th
HadesTown Teen Edition - The Gasworks - Feb 13th - 15th
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Hamilton Theatre - Feb 14th - Mar 9th

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